The upazila nirbahi officers across the country have been asked to announce a ban on the highways’ tree felling intended to put up a road blockade, officials said yesterday.
The announcement was made yesterday through loudspeaker, they said, adding that it would be further be done today and also tomorrow.
The violators of the regulation would be brought to book, added the official.
The move was initiated following the frequent road, rail and waterway blockades.
Long-route passenger buses do not run on highways as protesters put up road blockades by tree felling.
The BNP-led 18-pary alliance enforced four phases of blockades since the announcement of election schedule on November 25 in a bid to deter election scheduled for January 5.
Preferring not to be named, a upazila nirbahi officer from Kishoreganj told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday, “We have been instructed to announce a ban so that people do not fell trees to create road blockade,”
The official said: “The divisional commissioner asked us to make the announcement which will take effect from every Saturday to Thursday.”
“It is the duty of field-level administration to protect lives and properties of people, cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
The top boss in the civil administration said it did not require instruction from the high-ups for carrying out such duties.
